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Paul Waugh vs Shivani Raja

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

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Paul Waugh
Lab Rochdale
vs
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Shivani Raja
Con Leicester East

Voting alignment

Paul Waugh and Shivani Raja voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 333 shared comparable votes.

21 same votes 312 different votes 333 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
1 Aye 3 No
NHS / Health 25% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 7 No
Benefits 22% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
7 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 11% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
3 Aye 6 No
Migration 11% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
12 Aye 16 No
Defence 0% aligned 28 shared votes
16 Aye 12 No
24 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
4 Aye 24 No
19 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No
14 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 23 shared votes
9 Aye 14 No
7 Aye 12 No
Transport 0% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

87.8%
15% above average
Rank 48 of 649
Participation
63.4%
9% below average
Rank 536 of 649
518
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
374
590 eligible divisions
258
49.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
187
50.0% of votes cast
260
50.2% of votes cast
No votes
187
50.0% of votes cast
11
2.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

129
+46.7 vs Commons average
Rank 96 of 649
Appearances
16
-66.3 vs Commons average
Rank 606 of 649
159
+15.5 vs Commons average
Rank 180 of 649
Contributions
18
-125.5 vs Commons average
Rank 610 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£174,781
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£205,066
all imported IPSA years
£174,781
23% below average
Latest expenses
£205,066
9% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Housing
32 of 32 votes
#1
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#2
Defence
29 of 34 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#3
Housing
27 of 32 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#5
Transport
22 of 29 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Motion to sit in private 4 Sept 2026
Tax
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
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